Account Sales Manager – West of Sweden

The position consists in developing the sales and managing the sales projects within the target market/segment in the defined region. Developing and maintain strong customer relationship and network.

- Organize, lead and manage the sales to customer and projects in your region, including setting the sales objectives and forecast for your key accounts - Maintaining/ entertaining and improving the relationship with existing customers in the target market/segment combinations in the allocated sales area - Creating / proactively searching new project leads and new customers (key accounts) in the target market/segment combinations - Specifying our products and solutions with the target customers and making sure the specifications are maintained along the whole sales cycle - Establishing the optimal workflow / way of working for each project - Mobilizing project teams internally according to the specific project needs - Managing the relationships with all internal and external stakeholders of the sales projects - Analyzing the projects specifications and conditions and ensuring compliance with our processes - Influencing projects specifications when our products are not specified - Planning, following up and controlling the activities for each project steps - Planning and coordinating tender/offer preparation with the relevant departments/ services - Preparing final tender documents and presentations, while ensuring that all approvals have been received internally - Preparing commercial presentations - Attending business meetings (in Nordics and abroad) when needed - Organizing and leading customers visits and training courses in Nordics and abroad - Proposing pricing to the General Manager, monitoring and controlling pricing and margins on allocated projects to optimize result.

- Updating the Project Pipeline in CRM minimum on weekly basis

Business administration, international trade, marketing or equivalent by experience

Experience:

- Minimum 5 years of experience in a sales position preferably in the lighting, IT, technology or service industry. Solution driven sales. - Preferably having previous experience in a sales position of selling solutions to the Public sector. - Proven track records in sales to municipalities, Trafikverket, electrical contractors and installers, electrical wholesalers, construction companies and power utilities - Having an extended professional network within electrical consultants and Urban lighting designers - Extended knowledge of the lighting market dynamics and digitalization focus. - Experience in sales project management

Languages :

- Swedish : native - English : perfect knowledge - Any additional Nordic language is an asset

Computer skills :

- MS-Office : Word, Excel and Powerpoint - Use of ERP and CRM system